Delivering mechanism for phonographic record cabinets



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w. L; COLESTOCK DELIVERING MECHANISM FOR PHONOGRAPHIC RECORD CABINETSFiled Feb. 2 1926' m mnmmmmW E A j 24 I N VEN TOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct.26, 1926.

UNITED STTES WILLIAM L. COLESTOCK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVAFTIA.

DELIVERING MECHANISM FOR PHONOGBAPHIC RECORD CABINETS.

Application filed February 25, 1926. Serial No. 90,5 19.

This invention relates to phonographic record cabinets or holders forphonographic records, and'particularly to means whereby the records maybe delivered one at a time by depressing a key or like operating device.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is verysimple, which can be easily applied to any make of record cabinet, whichpermits the ready placement of the records within the cabinet and whereby any one record desired may be quickly and easily discharged from thecabinet without affecting any other adjacent records.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. 7

My invention is illustrated in the panying drawings, wherein Figure 1 isa front elevation of a phonographicrecord cabinet constructed inaccordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical section from front to rear through thelower port-ion of the cabinet;

Figure 3' is a section on the line 33 of Figure 2; i

Figure 4 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view through the web 15,showing in elevation one of the lifters and the actuating meanstherefor;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical section through the forward edge ofthe web 15;

Figure 6 is an end view of the button 23;

Figure 7 is a section on the line 77 of Figure 3;

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Figure 2;

Referring to these "drawings, it will be seen I have illustrated anordinary record cabinet, designated A, having the usual form andprovided with an upper compartment (not illustrated) wherein thephonographic reproducing mechanism is disposed, and a lower compartment,designated generally 10, wherein the records are designed to be kept,this lower compartment being closed by the two doors 11. As illustratedin Figure 2, the forward end of the lower compartment has extendingtransversely across it the supporting member 12 which is upwardlyflanged, as at 13. Disposed against the back of the cabinet and somewhatelevated above the member 12 is a supporting member 14.

Extending from the flange 13 to the supporting member 14 is a corrugatedweb, shown in Figure 7 and designated 15, the upaccomwardly openingspaces between the clownwardly opening corrugations forming tracks alongwhich the record may roll, as later stated. Each of these tracks 16 iscut away at one point, as at 17, for a distance sufficient to permit aportion of the record to project down below the tracks, as shown inFigure 2. The forward end of this web 15 is clownwardly bent, as shownin Figure 5, at 18.

The web 15 just forward of the elongated slots 17 is provided withdownwardly projecting cars 19, to which ears are pivoted the rearwardlyextending lifters 20. Each of these lifters, as illustrated in Figure 9,is

somewhat T-shaped in cross section but is 79 preferably made of sheetvide a vertical middle portion and laterally extending wings 20. Therear end of each lifter is bifurcated to permit engagement with avertical guide 21, there being as many of these guides as there arelifters. The forward end of each of these rods 20 is pivotally connectedjust forward of the ears 19 to a push rod 22 which extends horizontallyrearward andout through the end web 17 and is there provided with abutton 28, as shown in Figure 5, the face ofthis button being numberedor having the record otherwise indicated on it, as shown in Figure 6.

It will be obvious now that when any spe cial rod 22 is pushed inward,it will lift upon the corresponding lifting member 20, which memberbears against the downwardly projecting segment of the record, as shownin Figure 2, and this will cause the lifting of this lifting member andthe raising of the record up to a level with the downwardly inclinedtracks 15 and 16 so that the record will roll down this track in anobvious manner and out through the front of the cabinet. The upper endsof the records are kept separate from each other by separating orpartition members 24-, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, and thus whena record rolls down the track 16 it is obvious that it willnot affect inany way any other adjacent record.

While I do not wish to be limited toany particular means for connectingthe rod 22 to the lifter, I have illustrated in Figure 4 a constructionwherein the ,rod 22 is provided at its end with an eye 25 and the arm orlifter carries a downwardly extending pin 26, the lower end of which isangularly bent and extended through the eye. Thus it will be obviousthat as the rod 22 is shifted rearmetal so as to proward, the lever 20will be lifted and this in turn will lift the record up until it canroll down the inclined guide 16.

V hile l have illustrated certain details of construction andarrangement of parts, I do not wish to be limited thereto as it isobvious that many changes might be made without departing from thespirit of the in vention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:-

1. In a phonographic record cabinet, a plurality of downwardly andforwardly inclined tracks, each of said tracks being slotted for apredetermined distance to permit the projection of the low-er margin ofa phonographic record, the space above said tracks having guidesseparating the records from each other, a series of lifters, one foreach track, and pivoted each at its forward end to the under side of thecorresponding track forward of said slot, vertical guides for the rearends of the lifters, and longitudinally shiftable rods operativelyconnected to the lifters forward of and below their pivotal axes, therods extending to the forward end of the'cabinet and having recordindicating means.

2. In a cabinet forphonographic records, an upwardly and rearwardlyincline, Corr e gated, transversely extending web, the corrugations ofthe web forming a series of downwardly and forwardly inclined tracks,the web being cut out along each track to permit the projection of thelower edge of the phonographic record through the slot thus formed, alifter for each track pivoted atits forward end to the track just inadvance of said slot, a guide for the rear end of each lifter, alongitudinally extending rod pivotally connected to each lifter rearwardof its fulcrum, and a guide for the forward ends of all the rods.

3. A phonographic cabinet of the character described having therein aforwardly and downwardly extending web formed with a transverse seriesof corrugations, the corrugations defining tracks, each of said tracksbeing cut out for a certain distance to form a slot through which thelower edge of the phonographic record may project, a series of angularlifters, one for each track, each pivoted at its forward end beneath thetrack and extending rearward and adapted to bear against the lower edgeof the record, guides for the rear ends of the lifters, a support forthe forward end of the web, said support having an upwardly inclinedflange, and rods supported at their forward ends in said flange andreciprocable therethrough, the rear ends of the rods having pivotalengagement with its corresponding lifter rearward of its fulcrum.

i. A record cabinet of the character described having a series ofdownwardly and forwardly extending tracks, each of said tracks being cutaway upon its under face to permit the projection of a record, a supportfor the forward ends of the tracks, the support being upwardly flangedand the tracks having downwardly turned ends, a record lifter for eachtrack pivotally supported on the under side of the track forward of theslot and extending rearwardly therefrom, guides for the rear ends of thelifters, and means for vertically oscillating the lifters comprising arod for each lifter pivotally connected at its rear end thereto andpassing through said downwardly turned flange on the forward end of thetrack, each of said rods being provided with a head, and meansindicating the character of the record.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

WILLIAM L. COLESTOCK.

